Beautiful Japanese Zen gardens: in pics

The Zen Buddhist temple of Saihō-ji in Kyoto is so well known for its moss
that it is often dubbed the Moss Temple. It consists of three islands linked
by turf bridges over a pond. The southermost island of the pond is called
Kasumi-jima (Misty Island) or Naga-jima (Long Island). When the temple was
founded in the 1300s, it was covered with sparkling white gravel.